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Rescue Platform In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, security experts are trying to develop
Rescue Platform In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, security experts are trying to develop
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2015-08-05
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Rescue Platform
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, security experts are trying to develop new ways of rescuing people from burning skyscrapers. One【C1】______is a platform capable of flying vertically and hovering in the air【C2】______a helicopter. The platform would rise up and down alongside a skyscraper and pick up people【C3】______in high stories.
The idea for the vertical takeoff platform was hatched(策划)more than ten years ago by a Russian aerospace engineer, David Metreveli, who has since moved to Israel. Metreveli’s design, 【C4】______the Eagle, calls for two jet engines that【C5】______four large horizontal propellers. The spinning of the propellers【C6】______the necessary lift, or upward force, to raise the platform. The more【C7】______is supplied to the propellers, the higher the platform【C8】______. Moving the platform sideways involves【C9】______differing amounts of power to each propeller.
Helicopters are now used in some【C10】______to get people out of burning buildings. Escape baskets slung from them dangle beside the building for people to climb into. 【C11】______, the baskets cannot reach every floor of a building 【C12】______the ropes from which they hang become unstable【C13】______a certain length.
So far, Metreveli has built a small-scale model of the Eagle to【C14】______his idea. In the wake of September 11 , he has been able to secure enough funding to start building a larger , 4-meter by 4-meter prototype, 【C15】______he calls the Eaglet.
【C12】
选项
A、before
B、because
C、until
D、however
答案
B
解析
空后面的半句是对救生篮无法到达每一层的解释。because意为“因为”。
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